Game.



PATENTED OCT. 27, 1903.

GAME.

G. P. HALL.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 12, 1902.

0 Q G I N0 MODEL.

WITHEEEES:

UNITED STATES Patented October 2'7, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

GAME.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 742,416, dated October 27, 1903. Application filed December 1 2, 1902- Serial No. 134,985. (No model.)

To all whmn it Wtay concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE P. HALL, of Newton, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Games, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to a game of skill in which a ball is thrown upon an even surface near the game-board and thus caused to bounce and thence fall upon the said board and to be detained by one of the holes made in the platen of said game-board or to roll off to some other divisionsthat is, the holes and alleys-and in case the ball is very unskilfully thrown it may not in its bouncing flight hit the game-board at .all.

The object is to produce aconvenient game apparatus that is inexpensive and a good device for amusing and showing skill in the players. This object I attain by themechanism shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan showing the game-board. Fig. 2 shows thesame in vertical longitudinal section taken on line 2 2, Fig. 1, also illustrating the movements of the ball.

In the drawings, A A B B represent the outside frame of the game-board. The other parts are attached to and held by this frame. Two longitudinal bars 0 G extend between the head and foot pieces A and A and have cross-bars D. and D. (Indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1 and in cross-section in Fig. 2.)

The main functional part E or platen of the game-board is made of card or veneer and is preferably somewhat elastic and has a series of holes, as shown. These holes have a value in the game. The said game value of the holes is indicated by numerals 1 to 15, placed near them. Strips S S form raised longitudinal guards for edges of the platen E to prevent the balls rolling into the side alleys H H. A cross-alley K is located at the upper end of the game-board.

For convenience of the players I have strings of counters L L, made in the ordinary manner.

The wire loop W is used for supporting the upper end when the game-board is in use.

A number of balls P may be used, each ball having a numeral, as 3, to indicate its game value.

One method of playing the game is as follows: The player will stand about three feet from the board and toss the ball so that it may strike the plat in front of the game-board (see Fig. 2) and bounces therefrom onto the said game-board. Should it lodge in any of the holes, the player is credited with the amount equal to the number set beneath the hole. If it lodges in the top alley, two points are lost, in either of the side alleys one point is lost. If the ball goes off the board after bouncing on, the loss is determined by the number marked on each ball. When the player gets the grand bounce, he may add the amount marked on the ball to the 15 marked on the platen.

This game may be played by one, two, three, or four. Where three or four play, fifty constitutes the game.

, When the ball bounced fails to drop on the board, the player may have another trial.

It is obvious that other ways of playing this game may be practiced.

I claim- In a game apparatus or game-board consisting of a supporting frame, a central platen provided with holes and side alleys between the said platen and the frame, said frame adapted to be inclined, and provided with tallies, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 8th day of December, A. D. 1902.

GEORGE P. HALL.

Witnesses:

FRANK G. PARKER, JOHN M. BENJAMIN. 

